Sirens' Song / Christophers, The Sixteen
What would singing be without words? When you combine wonderful poetry with exquisite music, the result is magical. In a rare break from the sacred collections they are famed for, this album from The Sixteen features a whole program of secular music devoted to English partsongs. From Stanford’s cycle of Eight Partsongs based on the sparing yet infectious poetry of Mary Elizabeth Coleridge to Bridges’ lyrically descriptive writing in Finzi’s Seven Poems of Robert Bridges and Imogen Holst’s six idyllic partsongs Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow using verses by John Keats, each setting captures the mood of the poem brilliantly.
Product Description:
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Release Date: September 01, 2023
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UPC: 828021619823
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Catalog Number: COR16198
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Label: Coro
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Number of Discs: 1
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Period: 20th Century
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Composer: Gerald Finzi, Imogen Holst, Elizabeth Maconchy, Charles Villers Stanford, Arthur Sullivan, Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Conductor: Harry Christophers
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Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen
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Performer: Sioned Williams
Works:
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Eight Partsongs, Op. 119
Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford
Ensemble: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers
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Siren's Song
Composer: Elizabeth Maconchy
Ensemble: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers
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Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow
Composer: Imogen Holst
Ensemble: The Sixteen
Performer: Sioned Williams (Harp)
Conductor: Harry Christophers
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Silence and Music
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ensemble: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers
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Seven Poems of Robert Bridges
Composer: Gerald Finzi
Ensemble: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers
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The Long Day Closes
Composer: Arthur Sullivan
Ensemble: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers